Re: can inkjet and inkjet paper be used for alternative processes?

[Paul Viapiano <viapiano@pacbell.net>]

There's a fellow at the Large Format Forum, Christopher Broadbent, who uses 
inkjet paper a lot for his argyrotypes. I tried it but had grainy results 
(also tried copier paper), but he gets great images. Sometimes it pays to 
experiment regardless of what the conventional wisdom is.

As far as your second question, the contact neg is where you get all your 
gradations from, not the thickness or density of sensitizer, even if you 
could rig a way to make it happen. Sensitizer does not act as ink does.

Paul



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From: "Pacific New Media" <panmedia@verizon.net>
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 3:13 PM
Subject: can inkjet and inkjet paper be used for alternative processes?


> I have two questions:
>
> Has anyone tried to use inkjet paper for alternative processes? If it is 
> OK to use, is it possible to use inkjet to apply sensitizer to inkjet 
> paper?
>
> Thanks,
> - Philip